Eloise Mignon
{{short description|Australian actress (born 1986)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eloise Mignon
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|18}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
| imagesize = 200px
}}
Eloise Mignon (born 18 September 1986{{cn|date=March 2023}}) is an Australian actress. She began her career starring in children's television shows Legacy of the Silver Shadow and Silversun, before appearing in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She has starred in numerous theatre productions.
Early life
Mignon was born in Melbourne to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and Katharine Sturak, an American.[http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/highlight/page/id/362781/t/Eloise-Mignon-Complexity-of-Belonging-au-Melbourne-Festival/in/english French | SBS Your Language]{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac%3Bjsessionid%3DAE5A3E2F0D9B3B4700D703A49DA49656?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=317&clsPage=1&docID=AGE111105M722D506QKC|title=For straying Katz, the journey home is where the art is|last=Usher|first=Robin|date=5 November 2011|work=The Age|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091618/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=AE5A3E2F0D9B3B4700D703A49DA49656?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=317&clsPage=1&docID=AGE111105M722D506QKC|archive-date=18 May 2015}} Mignon was educated at Melbourne Girls College, Wesley College and St Michael's Grammar School.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} Mignon has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Degree) from the University of Melbourne.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
Career
Mignon worked from a young age in independent theatre, notably with The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm{{cite web|url=http://www.theblacklung.com|title=The Black Lung}} in their multi award-winning production Rubeville{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreguide.com.au/current_site/reviews/reviews_detail.php?ShowID=rubeville&ShowYear=2007|title=Adelaide Theatre Guide: South Australia's Comprehensive Internet Guide to Local Arts|website=www.theatreguide.com.au|access-date=22 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://theatrenotes.blogspot.fr/2006/10/fringe-review-rubeville-and-debris.html|title=Fringe Review: Rubeville and Debris ~ theatre notes|website=theatrenotes.blogspot.fr|access-date=22 May 2016}} where she played Trixi.
Her screen credits include a role in Legacy of the Silver Shadow and a main character Mara Lomax in children's sci-fi series Silversun.{{cite web|title=Eloise Mignon|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/mainstage-2014/complexity-of-belonging/profiledetail/1517/|accessdate=1 September 2014}} She also appears as a prostitute in the Australian film Three Blind Mice (2008), directed by Matthew Newton
From 23 July 2007, Mignon began appearing as Bridget Parker in the soap opera Neighbours. In March 2009, it was announced that Mignon had quit the show along with Steve Bastoni, who played her character's father.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a148705/parker-family-to-leave-neighbours/|title=Parker family to leave 'Neighbours'|first=Darren|last=Rowe|date=5 March 2009|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=20 June 2024}} Mignon confirmed that she was leaving to return to studying an Arts degree, which she had deferred upon joining the serial.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a165104/eloise-mignon-discusses-neighbours-exit/|title=Eloise Mignon discusses 'Neighbours' exit|last=Rowe|first=Darren|date=14 July 2009|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=20 June 2024}} Mignon's character was killed-off.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/ramsay-st-girls-hit-city-homicide/story-e6frf96f-1225772445700|title=Ramsay St girls hit City Homicide|last=Vickery|first=Colin|date=13 September 2009|work=Herald Sun|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630140652/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/ramsay-st-girls-hit-city-homicide/story-e6frf96f-1225772445700|archive-date=30 June 2012}}
Mignon performed as Jennifer in the play In A Dark Dark House at the Red Stitch Actors Theatre in Melbourne until 22 August 2009. She performed for the Melbourne Theatre Company in The Grenade, and Return to Earth.{{Cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/perverse-reversals-as-labute-subverts-conventional-responses/2009/07/26/1248546627140.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=In a dark, dark house | date=27 July 2009}} In her first screen role since leaving Neighbours, Mignon appeared in a 2010 episode of City Homicide as Layla Pullman.
Since 2010 Mignon has primarily worked in professional theatre in Australia and France. In 2011 Mignon played the role of Hedvig in Belvoir's production of the Henrik Ibsen play The Wild Duck{{cite web|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-wild-duck/|title=The Wild Duck Belvoir Sydney 2011 {{!}} Belvoir St Theatre|website=Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|language=en-US|access-date=22 May 2016}} opposite Toby Schmitz and Anita Hegh, directed by Simon Stone.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/no-rest-for-the-gifted/story-e6frg8n6-1225963147647|title=No Rest for the Gifted}} Her performance was praised with one critic commenting "Mignon articulates the young girl's confusion in heartbreaking fashion".{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Jason|title=Review - The Wild Duck|url=http://eightnightsaweek.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/review-wild-duck.html#!http://eightnightsaweek.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-wild-duck.html|work=Eight Nights A Week|accessdate=17 February 2012}} The production was invited to perform at the International Ibsen Festival in Oslo{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/awardwinning-belvoir-production-chosen-for-ibsen-festival-20120423-1xh51.html|title=Award-winning Belvoir production chosen for Ibsen festival|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 April 2012|access-date=22 May 2016}} as well as the Weiner Festowchen and Holland Festival.{{cite web|url=http://belvoir.com.au/news/the-wild-duck-opens-in-vienna/|title=The Wild Duck opens in Vienna - Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|date=20 May 2013|website=Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|language=en-US|access-date=22 May 2016}} Mignon's performance was critically very well regarded.{{cite web|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/101/10195|title=RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 102 - opinion: the wild duck re-make|website=www.realtimearts.net|access-date=22 May 2016}}
In 2012 Mignon returned to the Belvoir stage appearing first in Every Breath by writer and director Benedict Andrews, followed by Strange Interlude where she interpreted Madeleine with director Simon Stone, and a new production of the Noël Coward play Private Lives.{{cite web|title=2012 Season|url=http://www.belvoir.com.au/subscribe2012/2012season|work=Belvoir Street Theatre|accessdate=17 February 2012}} In 2013 she returned to work with Simon Stone on The Cherry Orchard for Melbourne Theatre Company where she interpreted Anya. Mignon played contortionist Sarah Norden in the opening episode of Season 3 of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://tellyvisions.org/article/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries-season-3-episode-1-death-defying-feats|title=Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 3, Episode 1: 'Death Defying Feats'|last=Bundel|first=Ani|date=4 July 2020|publisher=Telly Visions|access-date=19 June 2024}}
From 2014 to 2016 she collaborated on and performed in two projects with the German auteur Falk Richter- Complexity of Belonging in conjunction with choreographer Anouk van Dijk for Chunky Move and Je Suis Fassbinder with French theatre director Stanislas Nordey at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg{{cite web|url=http://www.tns.fr/en/|title=Welcome to Théâtre National de Strasbourg {{!}} Théâtre National de Strasbourg|website=www.tns.fr|access-date=22 May 2016}} and Théâtre National de la Colline, Paris. Both projects were written with her in mind; she performs the role 'Eloise'.{{cite web|url=http://www.arche-editeur.com/publications-catalogue.php?livre=698|title=L'Arche Editeur - Publications - Catalogue des publications|website=www.arche-editeur.com|access-date=22 May 2016}}
In 2024, Mignon appeared in the television drama Ladies in Black as Jenny.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/16/ladies-in-black-review-a-tepid-period-drama-that-feels-a-bit-fusty|title=Ladies in Black review – a tepid period drama that feels a bit fusty|last=Buckmaster|first=Luke|date=15 June 2024|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 June 2024}}
Filmography
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Film performances |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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scope="row"| 2003
| Redskin | Aislin | Victorian College of the Arts Short film{{cite web|title=Screen Australia|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/t/20405}} |
scope="row"| 2006
| Wholesalers | Girl | Short |
scope="row"| 2008
| Grace Newton | |
scope="row"| 2017
| Lost Gully Road | Cassie | |
scope="row"| 2022
| Lacerate | Gloria | Short |
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Television performances |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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scope="row"| 2002
| Fiona | Main cast |
scope="row"| 2004
| Mara Lomax | Main cast{{cite web|title=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/silversun/|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303134205/http://www.abc.net.au/silversun/|archive-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead}} |
scope="row"| 2007–2009
| Main cast |
scope="row"| 2010
| Layla Pullman | Episode: "Good Cop Bad Cop" |
scope="row"| 2014
| Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Sarah Nordern | Episode: "Death Defying Feats" |
scope="row"| 2023
| Lou | Episode: "Suffer the Little Children" |
scope="row"| 2024
| Jenny Giles | Episode: "Beautiful Game" |
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Category:Actresses from Melbourne
Category:Australian people of American descent
Category:Australian people of French descent
Category:Australian soap opera actresses
Category:People educated at St Michael's Grammar School